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SPRING 2024 COURSE
Decisions of Fate:
Your Jewish Compass for Navigating Questions of Medical Ethics
Explore the guiding Jewish values that help inform choices on common medical questions.
This course will teach you the insight and tools to chart a path through four areas of medical ethics: experimental treatments, extending life, pregnancy questions, and caring for a body.
Gain an enriching perspective on how the Jewish ethical tradition helps us confidently navigate fateful decisions.
Decisions of Fate | Course Promo
COURSE OVERVIEW
WHEN
Four sessions, beginning Wednesday, May 22
Morning option: 11:00 am-12:30 pm
Evening option: 7:30-9:00 pm
Three Wednesdays, May 22, 29, June 5. Final class Sunday, June 9.
WHERE
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
6735 Telegraph Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI
The option to join via Zoom will be available for those unable to join in-person.
INSTRUCTOR
Rabbi Levi Dubov
Director, Chabad of Bloomfield Hills
FEE
$100 - course textbook included
Couple's discount: 15% off
Bring a friend: 50% off (contact us for the promo code)
Join the first class commitment-free.
Scholarships available. Contact us for more info.
CEU processing fee: $100
MORE INFO
248-949-6210
rabbi@bhchabad.org
LESSON OUTLINE
LESSON ONE
Experimental Treatments
When emerging treatments offer hope of recovery, when is the risk justified? Discover the Jewish ethics of risking your life in the hope of extending your long-term prospects.
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LESSON TWO
Extending Life
How does Judaism balance the desire to preserve life with concerns of reducing suffering? See how Jewish values inform a dignified approach to end-of-life care and advance medical directives.
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LESSON THREE
Pregnancy Questions
Explore questions of pregnancy through the lens of Jewish texts. Is a fetus a human life, or a part of the mother’s body? When pregnancy endangers a woman’s life, may she, in good conscience, carry the pregnancy to term?
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LESSON FOUR
A Body’s Dignity
Might autopsy violate the dignity of the human body? Learn the Jewish view on the respect to which the deceased is entitled and how the sanctity of human life continues after death.
